Topkart Wins In Florida
Mason Chelootz Wins Rotax Senior In Florida on His Topkart Speedy
In the Pre-final it was Mason Chelootz (USA ) crossing the line first. But, a three-position penalty for a driving infraction recorded on the 16-channel video marshaling system knocked him back to fourth. This opened the door for Jesse Lazare (Canada ) to win the Pre-Final over Indy car )s Jay Howard (UK ) and reigning Rotax MAX Grand Finals DD2 Champion Pier-Luc Ouellette ((Canada )
In the Senior MAX Final, Lazare and Howard got out front early and smartly stayed together without trying to race each other. With the speed advantage of working together on PBIR )s long straights the two were able to pull out a substantial advantage over third place, and it looked almost certain the race win would be decided between Lazare, in his debut in the Senior Max class, the veteran professional Howard.
However, with just a couple laps to go the pack in third settled down just as the two up front started to race each other. The end result was five karts running five-wide down the backstretch on the last lap with one turn to go. Jay Howard was leading going into the turn, but Nick Neri ((USA ) had the lead coming out. As Nick sped towards the finish line, Mason Chelootz used a side draft maneuver to just barely pip Neri at the line by just 0.040 of a second.
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Article by :
Ken Johnson and Bill Wright
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